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.TH pause 2 2024-05-02 "Linux man-pages 6.9.1"
.SH NAME
pause \- wait for signal
.SH LIBRARY
Standard C library
.RI ( libc ", " \-lc )
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <unistd.h>
.P
.B int pause(void);
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.BR pause ()
causes the calling process (or thread) to sleep
until a signal is delivered that either terminates the process or causes
the invocation of a signal-catching function.
.SH RETURN VALUE
.BR pause ()
returns only when a signal was caught and the
signal-catching function returned.
In this case,
.BR pause ()
returns \-1, and
.I errno
is set to
.\" .BR ERESTARTNOHAND .
.BR EINTR .
.SH ERRORS
.TP
.B EINTR
a signal was caught and the signal-catching function returned.
.SH STANDARDS
POSIX.1-2008.
.SH HISTORY
POSIX.1-2001, SVr4, 4.3BSD.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR kill (2),
.BR select (2),
.BR signal (2),
.BR sigsuspend (2)
